'Superior orders - national proceedings' in document 'Nigeria - Criminal Code'

Jump to:

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Part 1
Introductory
Interpretation: Application: General Principles

Chapter 5
Criminal Responsibility

32. A person is not criminally responsible for an act or omission if he does or omits to do the act under any of the following circumstances -

(2) in obedience of the order of a competent authority which he is bound by law to obey, unless the order is manifestly unlawful ;